Breaking the guidelines, what you can do if your discussion was flagged or deleted, how our community can help someone in distress

[annaesvensson]

What not to do:

• Show no interest in working with us.
• Ask a question without writing the question in the title.
• Report a bug without explaining how to reproduce the bug.
• Treat another colleague with disrespect, belittling and intimidation.

What happens if you break the guidelines:

• You may receive suggestions for improving things from our community.
• You may receive suggestions for writing good questions from our community.
• You may receive suggestions for writing good bug reports from our community.
• Your contributions may be flagged or deleted by our community maintainers.

What you can do if your discussion was flagged:

• Read the contributing guidelines and suggestions from our community.
• Edit your own discussion, add missing information and structure it well.
• Make it easy for others to help you, clarify what you want to do.

What you can do if your discussion was deleted:

• Read the contributing guidelines and community guidelines.
• Everybody makes mistakes, move forward and start a new discussion.
• Take the time to research, explain and proofread your discussion.

How our community can help someone in distress:

• Have a look at unanswered discussions.
• Answer questions and investigate bug reports.
• Give tips and help each other.

Imagine we're all in the same boat, kind regards from Sweden.